Virginia Department of Education
Quadrilateral Sort
If only you had a Sorting Hat to sort out quadrilaterals. Learners sort cutouts of quadrilaterals based on their properties and attributes. A flowchart helps them organize the results of the activity.
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Fine Motor Skills
Fourth graders discuss what they know about the planets, space, and the solar system including the colors of the planets. They also talk about why the planets are the color that they are. Next, they color cut-outs of the planets using...
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Time Capsule and Other End Of The Year Activities
Students develop hand/eye coordination and fine motor skills as they use scissors and other materials to make a time capsule. In this time capsule lesson, students use paper, scissors, glue, and other materials to develop these skills.
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Fun With Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Students complete various activities for the book, "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom." They listen to the story, construct a coconut tree, create paper letters for the coconut tree, and write about their favorite part of the story.
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Fall finger tree
In this fall tree worksheet, students cut and paste the leaf and apple shapes onto a tree made from their fingers. Students have 6 shapes to cut out.
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Infectious Disease Case Study
Learners list the steps an epidemiologist takes to detect a pathogen. They role-play as scientists as they investigate the cause of the outbreak in Japan during 1996.
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Weaving with Seed Beads on a Bead Loom
Students describe, and try, the process of weaving and demonstrate how Native Americans and others wove beads on a loom to create long, narrow bands for hair and bracelets.
Nuffield Foundation
Modelling the Human Ventilation System
Why is breathing so difficult for asthma sufferers? To find out, learners build their own lung models in the investigation (from a British website, hence the term ventilation system instead of respiratory system). Using...
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Something Special Gift Certificate
Students make gift certificates to give to others. They use creative thinking and writing skills to create the text for the certificates. They practice spelling and grammar skills.
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Photo/Mat Weaving
Students explore the art of mat weaving. In this tapestry lesson, students create maps with paper or photographs. Students understand age appropriate skills and technique of map weaving. Students learn the cultural aspects of map weaving.
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Food Pyramid Abacus
Students investigate the Food Pyramid by constructing a creative project known as a Food Pyramid Abacus. They correlate the color beads withe each food group and the number of recommended servings from each. The abacus is a learning tool...
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The Working Tools of Insects
The animal kingdom is full of interesting organisms that have unique ways of surviving. Children read about different insects that have special tools for building homes and protecting themselves. When finished, learners identify the main...
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I Can Use a Worm to Count
Kindergarteners use worms, puppets or other props to practice counting to 100. First, they listen to a read aloud of Count Worms by Roger Hargeaves. A worm pattern is used to count to 100, with each segment of the worm...
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Heart Collage
Explore the visual arts by creating a construction paper art project. In this collage lesson, young artists research the Internet to examine styles of famous artists including Keith Haring. They create cut-outs of hearts using...
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Go Fish
Here is a good art lesson plan on creating colorful versions of fish. After studying images of a variety of fish, young artists choose one that they want to create an image of. Using some high-quality materials, they create their...
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Totem Mask
Sixth graders study totems of the Northwest Native Americans and design their own.
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What is Comfortable and Uncomfortable Touch?
Students fill in a worksheet that shows their ability to determine the difference between safe and unsafe touch after a counselor demonstrates with stuffed animals. They cut and paste cards that show situations and place them in the...
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Relief Foil Sculpture
A little tin foil can go a long way. Middle schoolers create relief sculptures out of card board and foil. The step-by-step procedure and materials list are included. Note: This project can be done with children as young as seven.
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Getting To Know You
Students use personal information to enter into a teacher generated database. The focus is upon name recognition and promoting socialization with classmates. Word recognition is emphasized with the simple development of basic computer...
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ESOL Necessary Skills
Pupils view flash cards with basic vocabulary pictures on them and match them to the vocabulary words. They cut the pictures apart and glue the words on the back. They play concentration with a partner matching the word with the picture.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Skills Necessary to Listen, Speak, Read and Write Effectively
Students practice alphabetizing basic word groups (classroom, playground, etc.) with flash cards and a Picture Dictionary. They realize the importance of communication correctly with others through picture/word association.
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Picture Your Numbers with
Students create pairs of cards with numbers and pictures. Encourage students to use a different color to represent each number/picture pair; this help them with visual association in the "Concentration" game.
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Make a Grug
In this making a grug worksheet, students follow 8 steps to make a grug. Extra materials are needed to complete the product. Students may use the finished product for various classroom activities.
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Making Mittens with The Mitten Book
Students read and discuss the different animals in The Mitten book and then try to make mittens that are alike.